WOOL OVER OUR EYES | Cult of the Lamb Song!

Deep beneath, shackled to the void in a web of ancient chains, a great and terrible power waits. He has been waiting for so long. He has been waiting for you.
In Massive Monster's 'Cult of the Lamb,' you play as the titular lamb, saved from sacrifice and brought under the employ of 'The One Who Waits.' You must find followers, farm devotion and form the ultimate cult, in your mission to take on the Bishops of the Old Faith and free your new otherworldly patron from their eternal prison.

I absolutely fell in love with this game when I first played it. The aesthetic, the sounds, the characters. I don't typically play this sort of game at all, but the world of it totally drew me in just from the trailers and I knew I had to try it. And I am so glad I did!

In classic Stupendium style, this project started out small and then utterly snowballed, so I want to give a gargantuan thank you not just to my Patrons, but to everyone else who helped get this project past the finish line. Dominic, Seánie, Dan, Liz. Thank you all!

I'm super proud of this one. I think lyrically it's one of my favourites I've written for a long time. It's certainly the most intricate I have ever attempted with rhythm and structure. I hope it has paid off!

#cultofthelamb #devolverdigital

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Lyrics and Vocals by The Stupendium
Video by The Stupendium
Original game animation produced by @halfgiant3061
New art and animation by The Stupendium
Additional animation colouring: Dan Hamman
Additional artwork by Lizzy CJ
Animation supervisor: Peter Falk
Beat produced by @DansonnBeats & @TantuBeats
Mixing and mastering by @OxygenBeats

Cult of the Lamb, its world and characters are the property of Massive Monster and Devolver Digital.

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LYRICS:

VERSE 1:
As I skip amongst the thickets
Well, just look at what I’ve found
An innocent wee critter
Sitting, shivering on the ground
Entrapped and gagged and bound
Upon a sacrificial mound
Such a miserable predicament
So, how’d you like the sound
Of a haven-cum-community
A vibrant congregation
Of waywards just like you
The fates aligned for me to save from
The depraved and heathen demons
And their vile abominations
Enslaving feeble minds
Into a life of prostration
Not like my operation
Not the slightest correlation
Why, we’ve dances, feasts and festivals
It’s like we’re on vacation
No time for contemplation
Would you like to come and take some
Salvation in exchange
For just some light indoctrination?

THE PACT IS SEALED

Welcome in, brethren!
Step down off the pentagram
Blessed be and bend the knee
And pledge to me forever and
Forget the need to question and
We’ll never need to reprimand
Lethargy is heresy
You’re very keen to lend a hand
There’s effigies to render
And a temple yet to build
We’ve many seeds to tend to
And there’s earth still left to till
And every second spare
You’d best remember to keep filled
In reverent prayer and penance
Lest dissenters will be KILL-
-ecting up the mess
Until they find their crimes regrettable
All evidence says heaven’s light’s
Not likely for the sceptical
The bedding’s of the finest moss
The lichen often edible
Now, don’t you think your life outside
Was tiresome and forgettable?

CHORUS 1:
Deep in the dark of the woods
Where secrets sleep
We serve he who waits beneath
Till the soul, devotion reap
For the lamb who herds the sheep
In the dark of the woods
We pledge our lives
Sages say that faith is blind
Arms raised high in sacrifice
Pull down wool over our eyes

VERSE 2:
Time for your donations
Fill the dish up, pass the gold plate
Every penny pays to kill
The Bishops of the Old Faith
Our benefactor waits
Betwixt the crippling links of old chains
Tethered to the plains
Until the heretics are all slain
So, pay the tithes and pray you might
Remain upon the list of all
The cherished, chosen children
For whom love is unconditional
Your contribution’s absolution
For the guilt within you all
Our movement may be new
But all your sins are still original
You’ll find my sermons stirring
Form the circle, get your heads down
Heavy hangs the neck
Of any vessel of the Red Crown
Blessed to be the shepherd
Of the desperate and oppressed now
Destined for ascension
Ne’er the wealthy ever left ground
So, empty out your bank accounts
And dance around the fire
And focus your devotion
Through the crackling of the pyre
So potent and ambrosial
It flows through blackened spires
To satiate our patron
And their rancorous desires

CLAUNECK:
The game is barely set
Yet e’er within the deck you’ve dwelt
We’ve never met and yet
We meet again upon my pelts
The cards we want are often drawn
But seldom ever dealt
But, chance the hand you’re given
Mayhap lift you where you fell
Tell me, little lamb
Do you see destiny immutable?
Does fate or dedication
Keep you bended knee and dutiful?
Feign predestination?
Or is zealotry the truth of all
The paths you never take and never leave
Yet in the future walk?
Saviour or enslaver?
Oh, these labels are but shallow things
You brave the twisting mists
Betwixt the hallowed and the harrowing
And pray that they may shift
Amidst the rhapsody of Haro’s wings
So, just embrace the chaos
And the clarity the tarot brings

CHORUS 2:
Deep in the dark of the woods
Where secrets sleep
We serve he who waits beneath
Till the soul, devotion reap
For the lamb who herds the sheep
In the dark of the woods
We pledge our lives
Sages say that faith is blind
Arms raised high in sacrifice
Pull down wool over our eyes

VERSE 3:

The time has come, enlightened ones
The hour is at hand
Or do you doubt the crown?
The righteous power it commands?
We swear to scriptures devilish
Devout or ever-damned
Till fetid grip of heretics
Is scoured from the land
Who today can truly say
Their faith has never faltered?
Whose neck, so trained to pray
Would never strain against the halter?
These reins that pave the way
Towards our patron’s radiant reign
And so, which waif ordained by grace
Shall fate see slain upon the altar?
For what have we to give
Once coin and toil have been expended?
For naught have we to live
If plots of soil to be lamented
Are the unascended end
To whence our mortal coil has wended
The rested dead are spoiled
Not with the spoils we are intended
But flesh, bequeathed freely,
grants a life a higher purpose
In death, a deeper meaning,
everlasting pious service
Sowing seeds precedes a reaping
Start a line, now who’s the first?
You all decided to convert
So tell me, why’re you so nervous?
For your fervour has been fated now
To satiate the beast
In chains he waits beneath
And how he craves to be released
We celebrate in blessed flame
So, pray and take a seat
And pledge unto their name
Lest you be plated at the feast
Let your faith remain unshaken
In our monastery’s beliefs
You’ve no claim to consecration
When there’s coffers to be greased
Stay praiseful to your deity
Their prophecy and priest
For the sheep may be the shepherd
But the flock is being fleeced

CHORUS 3:
Deep in the dark of the woods
Where secrets sleep
We serve he who waits beneath
Give the flesh, ascension seek
From the lamb who herds the sheep
In the dark of the woods
We pledge our lives
Sages say that faith is blind
Arms raised high in sacrifice
Pull down wool over our eyes

[MetalHanyou]

I just noticed the lamb saved the bird guy from a sacrificial mound....

.... only to sacrifice him at the end.

[danbull]

Well now we need a full length movie musical. You could call it Lambilton.

[procrastinationpanda]

"For the sheep may be the shepherd"
*"But the flock is being fleeced"*

WHAT A LINE

[thelegendofthedogfacedwoma]

Holy shit, the way it gets more and more manic, more and more deranged as it goes on till the song's basically SNARLING at you like a rabid dog. Once you're in the cult, once it owns you, it doesn't need to pretend. It doesn't need to deceive you. It drops the act and shows you what you pledged yourself to. "You all decided to convert. So tell me, why are you so nervous?"

[valdonchev]

I just noticed the subtle oxymoron of "pray you may remain upon the list of all the / cherished chosen children for whom love is unconditional"
If staying on the list is conditional on something, then so is the love.

[FluffyPrincess]

"You all decided to convert so tell me WHY ARE YOU SO NERVOUS!?" Combined with that face is sheer gold

[hts]

I can’t understand how Stupes is so good at writing lyrics they’re so creative
“Our movement may be new but all your sins are still original.”

“For the sheep may be the shepherd but the flock is being fleeced.”

These have to be my favorite lines, like how are they this good

[lydiaploch]

"you all decided to convert
So tell me, why’re you so nervous?"
The animation during that part really got me- the change in his face and demeanor really sold it.

[canned-confusion]

The voice of the lamb is perfect they sound friendly yet off you can tell something is up the second they talk

[crashkidshorts]

It scares me that the stupendium is actually really good at pitching a cult

[stephpearson]

i love the detail of the dark circles under everyones eyes in the second chorus, a common cult tactic is to overwork and deprive followers of sleep to leave them too tired to question their belief

[anosmia]

"The cherished chosen children for whom love is unconditional" "our movement may be new but your sins are still original" the whole song is amazing

[anikawhitener]

"Sowing seeds precede a Reaping" is such an underrated line. It' s a simple illustration of how cults draw people in with support and "love", but only to use them in the future.

[icetide]

I absolutely love the delivery of the "so why are you so nervous?!" line and onwards, it sounds completely unhinged and I love it

[TheDanishGuyReviews]

"The Cherished, Chosen Children ..." That reminded me that it's been a while since l last saw some alliteration. It always feels good to hear.

[esteecohen]

"And pledge unto their name lest you be plated at the feast"
and then his face twists and becomes demonic... instant chills

[MfwPrivate]

I like how Stupendium always take the more "Villanous" side of the game and puts that as the focus of the song.
Like the COTL Rap from JT shows the Lamb as simply US, so we obviously cheer him on, while Stupes actually slaps that concept in the face and says "uhh you do know that this guy makes animal sacrifices"

[SokarenTS]

"less dissenters will be Kill-ecting up the mess, until they find their crimes regrettable."
frickin amazing line.

[npc-]

I don’t know how you consistently post amazing songs with clever lyrics and fun music but you seriously have my respect